A&M/UMe are to issue The Vinyl Collection next month a 12LP vinyl box set celebrating the recordings of the Carpenters.
All twelve albums – eleven studio long-players and the best selling compilation The Singles 1969 – 1973 – are pressed on 180g vinyl and reside within “lovingly restored original packaging” and have been mastered for vinyl by Ron McMaster at Capitol Studios. There doesn’t appear to be any kind of book/let so it’s just the 12 records in an outer slipcase.
The Vinyl Collection will be issued on 17 November and the albums will also be available separately (see listings below). The box is incredible expensive in the UK and even with potential import duties, that US price of $165 / £125 looks quite attractive.
1 Ticket to Ride (1969)
2 Close to You (1970)
3 Carpenters (1971)
4 A Song for You (1972)
5 Now & Then (1973)
6 Horizon (1975)
7 A Kind of Hush (1976)
8 Passage (1977)
9 Made in America (1981)
10 Voice of the Heart (1983)
11 Lovelines (1989)
12 The Singles 1969 – 1973
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By Paul Sinclair
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